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本杰明·C·弗洛雷斯得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校。本杰明·弗洛雷斯在18年的服务过程中，持续进行有效的指导和指导工作，大大加强了代表不足的群体在STEM学科中的参与。在国家努力发展一支完全多元化的劳动力队伍方面，他是模范领导人。弗洛雷斯博士一直是电气和计算机工程师协会、电气工程荣誉协会、工程荣誉协会、全国黑人工程师协会、美国工程教育协会、女工程师协会和墨西哥学生协会当地学生分会的专门顾问和导游。在这一职位上，他不知疲倦地组织并让数十名工科学生领袖参加专业发展活动。在弗洛雷斯博士的领导下，工程师和科学家学术中心已经扩大到平均每天为900名学生提供服务，并为200多名学生提供了校园就业机会。弗洛雷斯博士还负责实施女性科学与工程(WISE)计划，该计划为250名本科生提供支持。通过WISE，弗洛雷斯博士开展了一些活动，向300多名中学女生及其家长推广STEM职业生涯。此外，Flores博士还指导了校园内第一个集中的本科生STEM研究项目，该项目在1996至2003年间资助了303名本科生。现在，该项目在全国范围内被认为是留住拉美裔学生、毕业并招收研究生的非常成功的典范。目前，弗洛雷斯博士是德克萨斯大学系统路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟的负责人。弗洛雷斯在为少数族裔学生的成功发展一个强有力的指导和支持模式方面发挥了主要作用。他发表了大量经过评审的会议文章，增进了对学生指导和指导的理解，并在美国、墨西哥和智利发表了数十次关键演讲，通过榜样促进接受教育和学生成功。他与德克萨斯州的机构以及美国各地的几家少数族裔服务机构合作，推动STEM教育的转型。

BENJAMIN C. FLORES University of Texas at El PasoDr. Benjamin Flores has, over the course of 18 years of service, sustained effective mentoring and guidance efforts that have significantly enhanced the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines. He serves as an exemplary leader in the national effort to develop a fully diversified workforce. Dr. Flores has been a dedicated counselor and guide for the local student chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Computer Engineers, the Electrical Engineering Honor Society, the Engineering Honor Society, the National Society of Black Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, the Society of Women in Engineers, and the Mexican Student Association. In this capacity, he has worked tirelessly to organize and expose scores of engineering student leaders to professional development activities. Under Dr. Flores' leadership, Academic Center for Engineers and Scientists has expanded to serve an average of 900 students per day and has provided employment on campus to more than 200 students. Dr. Flores is also responsible for implementing the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program, which provided support to 250 undergraduate female students. Through WiSE, Dr. Flores developed activities that reached out and promoted STEM careers to more than 300 middle school girls and their parents. In addition, Dr. Flores directed the first centralized undergraduate STEM research program on campus which supported 303 undergraduate students between 1996 and 2003. The program is now recognized nationwide as a highly successful model for Hispanic student retention, graduation and recruiting into graduate school. Currently, Dr. Flores directs the University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority ParticipationDr. Flores has played a principal role in developing a robust mentoring and support model for under-represented minority student success. He has published numerous refereed conference articles that advance the understanding of student mentoring and guidance and has offered dozens of key note speeches in the United States, Mexico, and Chile, promoting access to education and student success through role models. He has collaborated with institutions in Texas and with several minority serving institutions throughout the United States on promoting the transformation of STEM education.